Four-time world champions Italy are desperate to bring their 12-year World Cup exile to an end on Tuesday night when they face Bosnia & Herzegovina in Zenica.
The Azzurri have failed to qualify for the previous two tournaments, and rather embarrassingly crashed out of the playoffs to North Macedonia in 2022. Thus, tension was rife in Bergamo when they faced Northern Ireland on Thursday, but Gennaro Gattuso’s side escaped its semifinal with a 2–0 win.
